Frame for bags, purses, satchels, &amp;c.



No. 655,512. Patented Aug. 7, I900.

'L. B. PRAHAR.

FRAME FOR BAGS, PUBSES, SATCHELS, 8w.

(Application filed June 14, 1900.)

I (No Model.

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A ifyS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS B. PRAHAR, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

FRAME FOR BAGS, PURSES', SATCHELS, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,512, dated August '7, 1900.

Application filed June 14,1900. Serial No. 20,266. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, LOUIS B. PRAHAR, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Frames for Bags, Purses, Satchels,

and the Like, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a locking device for single or double frames for bags, purses, satchels, and the like of such construction that a catch-button will have rocking and guided movement on a memberof the frame and may be released from a locking stud or studs on any number of members of the frame by simply rocking the button to one side or the other or by drawing the button upward.

Another feature of the invention is to simplify the construction of such locking devices and render them more adaptable to a frame than heretofore and to provide for a rotary action of the catch-button upon its support without interfering with the locking properties of said button.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a chatelaine bag, illustrating the improvementin frames applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a partial plan View of a single frame, illustrating the application of the improvement to the frame, the view being drawn on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the improvement being applied to the framein a slightly-different manner. Fig. 4 is a central transverse section through the frame and its improved looking device, the members of the frame being closed. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, the members of the frame being open; and Fig. 6 is a central transverse section through a double frame and the locking device adapted to such a construction of frame.

In the single form of frame two jaws A and B are employed, suitably pivoted together, and the jawA. is provided with an inwardlyextending flange 10 at the top, and the jaw B is provided with a similar flange 11. When the jaws are closed, the two flanges 10 and 11 are usually brought together, as shown in Fig. 4. The flange 11 of the jaw B is provided at its center with a stud 12, the outer vertical edge of which is preferably straight and the inner vertical edge inclined, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The locking device is applied either in the form of a plate 13, secured to the flange of the frame A by rivets 14 or their equivalents, said plate extending over the flange of the opposing jaw, or instead of the plate 13 At the central portion of the plate 13 a coni A ical bearing'lfi is formed, usually by striking up the metal of the plate 13; but when the improvement is applied, as shown in Fig. 3, this conical bearing is formed from the metal of the flange 10 and that of the lip 15. At the front of the conical bearing 15 or that portion of the bearing which faces the stud 12 a vertical slot 16 is made in the bottom of the conical bearing and into the edge of the plate 13 or the lip 15 at such point. This slot 16 is adapted to receive the stud 12 of the jaw B when the two jaws A and B are brought together. A catch-button 17 is used in connection with the conical bearing 15, and this button, which maybe of any desired exterior shape, is provided with an interior chamber 18, open at the bottom, and said chamber 18 is of such formation that it will loosely receive the conical bearing 15 and enable the catch b utton to rock and turn on the bearing.

A pin 19 is secured in any suitable manner in the upper central portion of the catchbutton 17. Usually the pin is held in place by frictional contact. This pin extends into the chamber 18 of the catch-button and is passed through ail-elongated slot 20, made in the top of the conical bearing 15 A head 21 is formed at thelower end of the pin within the conical bearing 15, and a spring 22 is coiled around the pin within the said bearing, resting upon the head 21 and against the upper portion of the bearing, as is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. WVhen the jaws are together, as shown in Fig. 4, and the catch-button is in its normal position, a wall of the chamber 18 will engage with the outer longitudinal edge of the stud 12 of the jaw B and will hold the jaws closed. When it is desired to open the frame, the catch-button is rocked in a direction opposite to the location of the stud 12, freeing said stud, as shown in Fig. 5, and when the catch-button is released it will re sume its normal position. When the frame is to be again closed, the two jaws are simply pressed together, whereupon the inclined face of the stud 12 will force the button back until the stud reaches a point within the chamber 18 of the button. 'The conical bearing 15 serves as a guide for the catch-button, and it is evident that the button may be freely turned around the bearing without in the least interfering with the locking engagement of the button with the frame.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrateda double frame comprising jaws A and B and a main or body strip 0, which extends over the flanges of the two jaws. Under this arrangement the improvement is applied to the body-strip O, and each jaw is provided with a stud 12 and each stud enters a slot 16, made in opposite sides ofthe conical bearing 15 Otherwise the construction of the device is the same as that applied to the single frame;

but it will be understood that the catch-button may be rocked either to the right or to the left for releasing and locking purposes in this form of the device, whereas in the single form of frame while the catch-button is likewise free to be rocked to the right or to the left it is in locking engagement with the stud at one side only.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the members of a frame, and a stud carried by one of said members, of a conical extension formed upon the opposing member of the frame, said eX- catch-button mounted to turn and to rock upon the conical bearing, a pin connected with said button, which pin is passed through the elongated slot in the conical bearing, terminating in an enlargement at its inner end, which end is within the conical bearing, and a spring likewise located within the conical bearing, which spring is coiled around said pin, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS B. PRAHAR.

\Vitnesses:

.I. FRED. AOKER, J NO. M. BITTER. 

